Second night of protests in Ferguson witness more violence and arrests

Dozens of people had gathered Monday night at West Florissant Avenue, the epi-center of the violence that had followed the death of Brown a year ago, for a protest that turned violent at around 23:00 local time.

Demonstrators threw bottles at police officers while they were trying to disperse the crowd to prevent a repeat of Sunday's violence.

The police of St. Louis County, where Ferguson is located, has taken control of the security in the town after emergency was declared Monday in the county, replacing local officers, who have been accused of being prejudiced against the black community.

At least nine people, including an 18-year-old, have been arrested during the recent protests, and 57 were detained in the morning as they protested before a federal court, calling for dissolution of the Ferguson police department.

Two people received light gunshot wounds on Sunday's police firing while a teenager, Tyrone Harris Jr., 18, was seriously wounded and remains hospitalized in a critical state.

Police say he was with a group involved in firing at the police during the protests.

The incidents overshadowed the peaceful protests to mark the anniversary of Brown's death, an event that unleashed the worst racial tensions in decades in the U.S. and opened a new chapter in the fight for civil rights in the U.S.

The death of Brown at the hands of a white police officer also inspired the Black Lives Matter movement.